Fish-hook.



A. Guam.

FISH HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.12.1917.

125,390. mma Mar. 12,1918.

vwawtoz ARTHUR D. GILBERT, OF LOST CABIN, WYOMING.

FISH-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented naar. ia, rais.

Application led December 12, 1917. Serial No. 206,803.

To all wiz/0m, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR D. GILBERT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Lost Cabin, in the county of Fremont and State of Wyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fishing appliances and it is invention to provide an improved spring actuated hook having a plurality of impaling members which when struck by a ish will bc instantly released, thus ensnaring the fish and insuring positive engagement of the impaling members therewith to permit the landing of the same.

Another` and equally important object of the invention is to provide novel means for securing the hooks or impaling members in set positions and allowing them to be automatically released when engaged by a fish.

Among other aims and objects of the invention may be recited, the provision of a device of the character mentioned with a view to compactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the Iconstruction simple, .the cost of production small, and emciency and operation high.

The foregoing together with additional advantageous details and arrangement of parts of the preferred embodiment of my invention will be clear from the specific description hereinafter contained, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, wherein said embodiment of the invention is illustrated for the purpose of facilitating a full understanding of the present improvements.

in the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of the improved hook,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l,

Fig. 3 is a similar section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l, and,

Fig. a is a fragmentary detail of one of the Shanks.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection with which like reference characters will designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 represents a plurality of hooks, the said hooks being provided with the prmcipal object of the 1 slightly offset curved spring shanks 2, one of said Shanks having a ring 3 formed upon its upper end while the remaining shanks are looped as at 4 and engaged with said rlng, thereby interconnecting all of the Shanks.

Slidably engaged with the curved spring shanks of the hook 0r impaling members lis a la.tch or retaining member 5, the same conslstlng of a curved body portion having a plurality of radially disposed arms 6 formed thereon, the ends of said arms being bent about the shank portions 2 in order that the same, will. be slidably engaged therewith. To limit sliding movement of the latch or receiving member 5 along the Shanks 2,

the same may be and preferably are oE-set as at 2. An eye 7 or the like is concentrically engaged with the latch 5 and is in turn, connected to a releasing connection 8, which is in form of braided wire, cord or the like. ln its preferable embodiment, the releasing connection 8 is formed of braided wire having the upper end of the same looped as at 9 to permit engagement of one end. of a shing line therewith.

A stay or bracing element 10 having radially disposed arms is arranged between the upper portions of the shanks 2 and as will be noted, has the arms thereof engaged with said Shanks, the center portion of the stay being apertured to loosely receive the releasing connection 8 therethrough.

When using my improved spring actuated hook, bait is of course arranged upon the impaling members or hooks 1 and the looped end 9 of the connection 8 is engaged with one end of a fishing line. As the sh strikes the hook and carries the same, the latchl 5 will, due to its connection with the releasing connection 8, be moved upwardly over the spring Shanks 2, thus re easin the same and permitting the hooks l to e instantly sprung outwardly, thereby impaling the fish. lt will be also understood, that the user of the improved hook may by abruptly pulling the line connected to the connection 8 cause the hooks 1 to be instantly released, due to the upward movement of the latch 5 over the shanks 2 of the same. Thus, the device is rendered eective yin instances where the fish merely nibbles at the bait.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modication and such mocetion as. isv Within themscopedof my claims:v E consider wit thespmto my' inventlon., l

1nala1 devficl otha characaer described, a p ur lty o oo s avng e ongated spring Shanks, the upper end of one of said Shanks being bent to form a ring and the upper ende of the remainn latchmg means slidable on the Shanks2 and @releasing connection secured V.to isald late hmg means.

III-testimony whereof, I afx my signature hereto; v

y ARTHUR D. GJLBERT. 

